The Ruffled Edge Notes from a Nature Warden

About this book

These lively and vivid memoirs take the reader on an eye-opening journey through some of the most interesting and diverse habitats of Britain, recounting many truly exhilarating and intimate encounters with its special birds and wildlife. From moor to coast, woodland to wetland, the author shares both the joys and the frustrations of trying to conserve and protect our precious bird fauna and other associated biodiversity of conservation interest and ecological importance.

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Biography

Pete Howard grew up in South Wales where an early love of fishing and hill-walking soon developed into a more all-embracing passion for natural history. Having studied science at 'A' level, he then decided to read for a degree in the History of Ideas at university. After working at various times as an English tutor, Press monitor, photographer and warehouse manager, he volunteered for many years service in nature conservation (with the BTCV, Wildlife Trusts and RSPB), finally becoming an RSPB Warden and Wildlife Surveyor. He worked in Cumbria, Northumberland, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. He lives in north-east Cumbria, between the Pennine fells and the Solway plain.